# Advanced menu problem

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/advanced-menu-problem/119689>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [August 17, 2004, 12:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/advanced-menu-problem/119689 "2004-08-17T12:15:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![2nd\_day](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/a4c791/32.png) [@2nd\_day](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/2nd_day)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2004, 12:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/advanced-menu-problem/119689/1 "2004-08-17T12:15:52Z")

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i’ve got this menu (see end of this post) and i’ve got some problems with it. first i’ll tell you how my menu works…

there’s a main menu, this menu is always visible. the background of this menu has an alpha of 64%. when you click a button a submenu appears. this submenu has an alpha of 34%. i want the background of the button you clicked in the main menu to have an alpha of 34%. it’s something like [www.coldplay.com](http://www.coldplay.com) but then with alpha too.

i hope i was clear about what i want, here is my file where i tried to achieve it. it’s called menu3.fla [http://thomas.zeal-music.com/flash/](http://thomas.zeal-music.com/flash/)

all help is welcome

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**Author:** ![Prophet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/838e76/32.png) [@Prophet](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Prophet)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2004, 6:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/advanced-menu-problem/119689/2 "2004-08-17T18:06:08Z")

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i take it your using mx2004?  
no can help then…

Prophet.

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**Author:** ![2nd\_day](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/a4c791/32.png) [@2nd\_day](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/2nd_day)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2004, 8:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/advanced-menu-problem/119689/3 "2004-08-17T20:03:39Z")

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yes i’m sorry, i’ll put a flash mx file online too… same directory, but its called menumx.fla

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**Author:** ![Prophet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/838e76/32.png) [@Prophet](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Prophet)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2004, 10:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/advanced-menu-problem/119689/4 "2004-08-17T22:06:31Z")

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on the band button add in this as

```auto
	this._alpha = 34

```

and ensure fiddle with the backgrounds 😉 hope this is what you were after…

Prophet.

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**Author:** ![2nd\_day](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/a4c791/32.png) [@2nd\_day](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/2nd_day)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2004, 10:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/advanced-menu-problem/119689/5 "2004-08-17T22:33:20Z")

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thanks for your help… this gave me an other view at my menu and now i’ve fixed it and used this.\_alpha = 34; if was so frustraded, i couldnt see the solution was that easy! thanks a lot!

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**Author:** ![Prophet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/838e76/32.png) [@Prophet](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Prophet)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 8:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/advanced-menu-problem/119689/6 "2004-08-18T20:11:38Z")

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😉 lol not a problem mate, glad i could help!

Prophet.